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percussion
English
Etymology
From Middle French, Old French percussion, from Latin percussi? (“striking”), from percuti? (“I strike”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /p??k???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
percussion (countable and uncountable, plural percussions)
- (countable) The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.
- (countable) The sound so produced.
- (countable) The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm.
- (medicine) The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.
- (music) The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.
- (engineering) The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.
- (palmistry) The outer side of the hand.
Derived terms
Related terms
- quash
Translations
Anagrams
- coin purses, croupiness, supersonic
French
Etymology
From Latin percussi?.
Noun
percussion f (plural percussions)
- percussion (tapping of the body)
- (music) percussion
Further reading
- “percussion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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xylorimba
English
Etymology
Blend of xylophone +? marimba
Pronunciation
Noun
xylorimba (plural xylorimbas)
- (music) A pitched percussion instrument corresponding to a xylophone with an extended range.
Derived terms
- xylorimbist
French
Noun
xylorimba m (plural xylorimbas)
- A xylorimba.
Further reading
- “xylorimba” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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